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Hey everyone I'm baaaack ! Well as some of you know I took a break from the hobby and now back in the groove slowly.
After playing the Space Marine video game on Xbox I got the mojo back .
Ok quick update sine I did not post on this thread in a while I completed my 5 man veteran squad, working on a color scheme for a model fasteddiexx1 got me for painting his Calgar and it's a great sculpt from Hytech Miniatures, and just bought a jet bike from my local game store Game Kastle. It's made from Kromlech and what a throw back design with a gothic feel.
So I will keep you postd soon I promise. Enjoy some the pictures below. I also updated my gallery for clearer pictures of the vets. Please vote.

I really like the look of the jetbike. It looks almost orky to me. An entire nob biker army sounds fun. Of course, an entire jetbike-mounted marine army would be awesome too. Keep the updates coming!

Whew... thought I was ignoring this one... but good to see that I came back just as the post came by. Love it... is that final mini a Scibor? I bought a different char model for my PH 1K Sons army, but then figured he wasn't right. Recycling him as a b-day present to my cousin for his BA army...

Also, Space Marine is amazing... Love it. And agree with Prime- that bike is pretty effin' sweet. Looks like a flying battering ram.

-Remi

prime12357 wrote: I really like the look of the jetbike. It looks almost orky to me. An entire nob biker army sounds fun. Of course, an entire jetbike-mounted marine army would be awesome too. Keep the updates coming!

Thanks prime. Yea it can look orky if you add more exhaust pipess and big teeth in front .
It does have a Pre Heresey look to it and beter then the Rouge Trader ones back in the 80's .
Well thanks prime for tuning in.

HF Izanagi wrote:Whew... thought I was ignoring this one... but good to see that I came back just as the post came by. Love it... is that final mini a Scibor? I bought a different char model for my PH 1K Sons army, but then figured he wasn't right. Recycling him as a b-day present to my cousin for his BA army...

Also, Space Marine is amazing... Love it. And agree with Prime- that bike is pretty effin' sweet. Looks like a flying battering ram.

-Remi

Remi hey good to here from you . The model is from Hytech Miniatures and thier models are to scale to GW. Scibor scale I call Primarch scale from what the stories say they are larger then regular space marines. You should check that site out when you get a chance.
Glad you like the jetbike too. Yea it will hurt if your in front of it when you get nailed .

Ok quick update for you all. I was caught up on the Kromlech jet bike and got most of it done and I would say 80% done just some highlights and detail also decals.
Happy Friday peeps enjoy.

Hey everyone a pretty busy weekend of UFC free fight night, finishing my attack bike and building my Ravenwing finally also got a small 525pt game with fasteddie. I got my powered armour ass handed to me by a bunch of smurfs .
Oh well you win some and you lose some.
Ok here is some pics enjoy.

That is one awesome Jetbike. I'm gonna have to get me a couple of those & those Sternguard look Mint. Great job!

vent wrote:That is one awesome Jetbike. I'm gonna have to get me a couple of those & those Sternguard look Mint. Great job!

Vent thank you for tuning in ( love your models in your completed gallery) yea my local store had a few and decided to pick one and not to make it too busy by adding too much stuff too it.
I will do up a driver and take some pics with him on it and post it n my gallery.

Yes, yes you should, do up a driver and post him up.....now,......go on! stop procrastinating on Dakka and do it! or i'll call fasteddie and make him stop fondling his smurfs to make sure you do it!

and while you're at it i'd love to see some more shots of your gaming mat and how you painted it but no pressure.....


Oh, and I'll need fasteddie's number too, so I can call him........


nerdfest09....(getting tired at 5:27am)

Hey I only fondle them because I have to hold them to paint them.... By the way Nerdfest love your work man, it's damn TOPPS!!!I think you could give GD1 a run for his unemployment money both you guys keep up the awesome work or I will have nothing to inspire me....

nerdfest09 wrote:Yes, yes you should, do up a driver and post him up.....now,......go on! stop procrastinating on Dakka and do it! or i'll call fasteddie and make him stop fondling his smurfs to make sure you do it!

and while you're at it i'd love to see some more shots of your gaming mat and how you painted it but no pressure.....


Oh, and I'll need fasteddie's number too, so I can call him........


nerdfest09....(getting tired at 5:27am)

Oh man my sons friend had a issue with his Nissan 240sx and was working on it till 10pm !!
That cut into my hobby time. Oh well thats what happens when working on cars and racing them is one of your other hobbies.
I will airbrush one up soon but for now here is a close upof the battle mat and I painted it up with fasteddie with our airbrush which was done in a few hours. Then drybrushed and washed with vallejo black wash. Lol you should harrass fasteddie to finish his smurfs
He has more time on his hands and I manage to finish more marines! ! He is gonna kill me for saying that lol!!

fasteddiexx1 wrote: Hey I only fondle them because I have to hold them to paint them.... By the way Nerdfest love your work man, it's damn TOPPS!!!I think you could give GD1 a run for his unemployment money both you guys keep up the awesome work or I will have nothing to inspire me....

Incoming from nerdfest09

Hey dudes! I really like the zuzzy mat, seems most appealing to me as far as price, looks and quality go I can put up with the smell of rubber as I used to own a very sweet nissan 180sx myself and that used to get very *ahem* rubbery all the time, mind you I was a lot younger back then too! I believe in Aus our import 180sx's were your guys 240sx's just with a good motor in it not a bucket of crap? I have some old pics if you're interested?

Thanks Fasteddie I am glad you like what i'm doing! if I can inspire you to mediocrity then my work here is done but rest assured now you're in the friend loop, I'm gonna be the biggest paint in the ass to get you finishing the smurfs! it's funny how we call them smurfs and the sergeants have red helmets..... hello papa smurf anyone


Nerdfest09

Glad you like it here is the link to zuzzy http://www.zuzzy.com/ . As for the 180sx I believe you guys down under got the japanese engines the sr20 well we yanks got ripped off with a truck engine!?!.
I would loveto see some pics of your old car. Well as you remembered I got a Ford Mustang GT and there is no replacement for displacement! 4.6 liters of fun. BTW you a Holden or Ford fan? I am a big Super V8 fan and wish we Americans got into that series of racing. NASCAR sucks they only do two road courses all season...oval racing blaaaahhhch!

Holden! Ford! yuck! down under they are the worst cars ever! such poor quality builds! you pay heaps for them and they are always falling apart! nope dude, i'm a Honda fan all the way! :-) but as you will see in your in box i've tinkered with some others, but I can't beat Honda quality and reliabilty! and yep, we got the good sr20det in our 180's and I mean no disrespect, but, Nya na na na na na! :-) I'm currently looking for a 7th gen accord euro sports, mmmm lovely! nothing says great car like heated leather seats on a cold morning! lol


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nerdfest09 wrote:Holden! Ford! yuck! down under they are the worst cars ever! such poor quality builds! you pay heaps for them and they are always falling apart! nope dude, i'm a Honda fan all the way! :-) but as you will see in your in box i've tinkered with some others, but I can't beat Honda quality and reliabilty! and yep, we got the good sr20det in our 180's and I mean no disrespect, but, Nya na na na na na! :-) I'm currently looking for a 7th gen accord euro sports, mmmm lovely! nothing says great car like heated leather seats on a cold morning! lol


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Wow really both are that bad over there?!?! Crazy! Well I got nothing against ricers but to drop several thousands of dollars just to get the horsepower you need you might as well strip it down and put a roll cage and make it FIA legality for some class to run in !
BTW nice pics of your cars I got the PM that Skyline sick sick wish it came here when the models where new.
As for Honda's yea its true the model your looking at was badged here in the US as a TSX. Nice car very nice.

nice stuff gits,
and also where did you get that mat from?

HAZZER wrote:nice stuff gits,
and also where did you get that mat from?

HAZZER whats up man its been a while! Thanks glad you like it and I posted a link early of Zuzzys site..
Glad you still dropping in and checking my thread thanks brother.

Ok this will be my second time posting this till my phone fubar'd it and all was lost
I been tied up fixing my son and his best friends cars for Autocrossing this winter and also a side gig painting a 3D printer model but the sculpt had a rough texture that the 3D printer left on the model that made painting a challenge. Anywhoooo.....

I manage to prime and basecoat my Ravenwing bikes and shoulder pads of the marines. Now I got a assembly line of parts of the riders off the sprue ready to assemble and prep for painting.
I will be using Brother Argos's painting style for my Ravenwing and hope it comes out half as good as his Iron Hands.
Here are some boring pics of my process

Robes are looking good Grey. One question is how did you manage to get the robed legs assembled off the bikes? When I did mine, I found I couldn't fit the robed legs onto the bike without assembling them attached. Couldn't get the clearance needed between the leg gaps to slide them in.

Eggroll wrote:Robes are looking good Grey. One question is how did you manage to get the robed legs assembled off the bikes? When I did mine, I found I couldn't fit the robed legs onto the bike without assembling them attached. Couldn't get the clearance needed between the leg gaps to slide them in.

Eggroll thanks brother yea with the wash on the robes I can now blend it and highlight it.
As for assembling the robed legsoff the bike I also noticed that and was like wtf?!? Bit with a little brute force it sat in and nothing broke. So with the second one while the glue was still curing I placed it on the bike then pulled it back off. This gave me a decent gap that did not require orcish force to place him back on the bike. The odd gap under the crotch area was filled with putty and will not be that noticeabledue to he will be sitting on it.
Hope this helped you. Hey when are you going to crack open that Stormraven box??????
I love your work and hope to see more when your school stuff settles down.

Eggroll here is a picture of the robe legs on the bike. And this is the first one I assembled and realized how tight the fit was and as you can see no problem. I have removed it about 3 times drom the bile and no signs of stress or breakage.
Try to force it a bit and it will slide in. Let me know if you have anymore problems.
Also here is the rider for my jetbike due to the robed legs did not fit snug. I threw on a Maxmini knight head on it to give a pre heresey look..

Looks excellent GD1 can't wait to see them progress more! and i'm guessing when you said 'drom the bile' you meant 'from the bike'? :-) although mind you that'd be a great name for a nurgle character! lol!

keep painting bro, I'm itching for more! maybe you should get fasteddie around have a session? have you kicked him in his little smurf balls yet? :-) that thought always makes me smile!

Nerdfest09

nerdfest09 wrote:Looks excellent GD1 can't wait to see them progress more! and i'm guessing when you said 'drom the bile' you meant 'from the bike'? :-) although mind you that'd be a great name for a nurgle character! lol!

keep painting bro, I'm itching for more! maybe you should get fasteddie around have a session? have you kicked him in his little smurf balls yet? :-) that thought always makes me smile!

Nerdfest09

Thanks for the spell check NF09 . Yea I do all my updates on my phone and sometimes dont pay attention but at least you got it
Yea been trying to get my RW done quickly its been too long sitting on my shelf . I will hopefully get most of the riders assembled and primed soon.
As for kicking fasteddie's nuts on painting his smurfs or gaming no progress yet.
Stay tune.

It's coming along nicely, I see. Sweet jetbike.

soncka wrote:It's coming along nicely, I see. Sweet jetbike.

Thanks soncka I am glad you like it and planning to buy a few more soon.

Legs looking good and thanks for the tip. I'll have to try it out if I get more bikes. Also, for the storm raven I'll probably get to that in a few months. Got plenty in the queue at the moment

Ok small update. I got the jetbile pilot mounted and finishing some weathering details and playing with Brother Argos's style and also working on the base I got from ID WORKS and making a custom clear peg to have the bike leaning to the right. Here is my progress enjoy.

Looks damn promising GD1, can't wait to see him all done! and that base is really nice, i'd never heard of them before! i'll have to go check them out! the black armour is looking good too! :-)

Nerdfest09

Jetbike conversion looks great! One thing...how's he suppose to see where he's going?

Wow. I don't even know where to begin. My main focus is the mat. I have been asking the wife to OK the $$$ for an airbrush (have been working on a lot of terrain) but she keeps telling me I have been riding my "airbrush" all summer (along with anything else I wanted to buy...).

The jetbike looks amazing as well. Everything you do is amazing. But you already knew I thought that, I achieved "GD1 Fanboy" status a long time ago.

nerdfest09 wrote:Looks damn promising GD1, can't wait to see him all done! and that base is really nice, i'd never heard of them before! i'll have to go check them out! the black armour is looking good too! :-)

Nerdfest09

Thanks NF09 . Yea they been out for a while and can't remember who they are partnered up with I think its Scibor or Micro Art Studios but damn those polish can sculpt.

Eggroll wrote:Jetbike conversion looks great! One thing...how's he suppose to see where he's going?

the same way Samie does on his flying dictionary jetbike .

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Wow. I don't even know where to begin. My main focus is the mat. I have been asking the wife to OK the $$$ for an airbrush (have been working on a lot of terrain) but she keeps telling me I have been riding my "airbrush" all summer (along with anything else I wanted to buy...).

The jetbike looks amazing as well. Everything you do is amazing. But you already knew I thought that, I achieved "GD1 Fanboy" status a long time ago.

Thanks Skalk. Yea dont you love when our wifes hold things ober our heads . Well you have a nice hog how has riding been this past summer?
Hey look at TCP Global and look at the Master Series airbrush. They are chicom knock offs of Iwatas.